26 Mr. E. Meyrick's Descriptions of 



Heliothis codora, n. sp. 



(J. 28 m.ni. Head dull pinkish, becoming -wliitisli-ochreons at 

 back of crown, face i"oimded-prorainent. Paljii white, terminal joint 

 pinkish. Thorax ochreous-whitish, pinkish-tinged. Tibiae with few 

 and weak spines, anterior tibiae with two unequal strong horny apical 

 hooks. Forewings elongate-triangular, costa slightly arched, apex 

 obtuse, ternien oblique, slightly rounded ; a slight glandular swelling 

 on middle of costa ; reddish-oclireous, suffused with pale rosy-pink 

 anteriorly and on veins, and with deeper rosy towards costa posteri- 

 orly ; costal edge white throughout ; a small thinly-scaled patch 

 beneath costal swelling ; an ochreous-whitish longitudinal median - 

 streak in disc from near base between veins 5 and 6 almost to termen, 

 finely attenuated to extremities, and three or four fine ochreous- 

 whitish streaks between veins posteriorly : cilia dull rosy-pink, tips 

 of scales whitish. Hindwings white ; veins and a broad suffused 

 terminal fascia fuscous ; cilia white. 



New South Wales, probably Sydney ; one specimen. 



Hdiothis ncurias, n. sp. 



$ . 31 m.m. Head yellow-ochreous, face with rounded prominence. 

 Thorax pale brownish-ochreous. Abdomen whitish-fuscous. Anterior 

 tibiae with two unequal strong horny apical hooks. Forewings 

 elongate-triangular, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, termen slightly 

 waved, bowed, oblique ; Avhitish-ochreous, suft'usedly mixed with 

 pale ferruginous, especially along veins ; veins fuscous, lower margin 

 of cell most strongly ; a moderate white longitudinal streak some- 

 what above middle from near base to near termen, extremities 

 suffused and indistinct : cilia light fuscous, tips partly whitish. 

 Hindwings fuscous-whitish, with a broad fuscous terminal suffusion; 

 cilia white, basal half fuscous-tinged. 



Port Darwin, North Australia (Lyell) ; one specimen. 



Hadena triehroina, n. sp. 



9 . 30 m.m. Head and thorax olive-greenish mixed with white 

 and spotted with black. (Abdomen broken.) Forewings elongate- 

 triangular, costa almost straight, apex obtuse, termen waved, bowed, 

 rather oblique ; light dull olive-green; a black spot on costa near 

 base ; an irregular black median mark from base ; an obli(jue black 

 dash from dorsum near base ; first line thick, straight, white, followed 

 by small black spots on costa and in middle ; a very irregular 

 blackish median shade, in which orbicular is absorbed ; reuiform 



